Syllabi
A well-formulated syllabus gets your course off to a good start and designing your syllabus with headings is the first step. Heading Styles allow students to skim the document to find the content they need. Headings make your syllabi accessible because screen readers and text-to-speech tools are programmed to recognize headings.
Microsoft Word
This Microsoft video, Improve Header Accessibility, will demonstrate the steps to use styles for headings to make your syllabus easier to navigate. Download a pre-formatted Course Syllabus Template.
Add a heading style in Word:
- Type the document as plain text.
- Select a line that is a heading.
- Select the Home tab in the ribbon.
- Select the appropriate heading level in the Styles group, such as the Heading 1.
Confirm the syllabus navigational structure
- Select the View tab in the ribbon.
- Select Navigation Pane in the Show group
Canvas Syllabus
Heading Styles principles can be applied when creating your online syllabus in Canvas with main headings sectioned as tab for easy navigation. This design allows anyone to navigate through the information in the syllabus quickly.